Max017: I had the chance to learn graffiti related knowledge through magazines and movies when I was a teenager. I found that the creation form of graffiti it was interesting which it liked me wanna try it, then there was my first experience of graffiting.

Max017: When I first started to do graffiti, I drew a lot of illegal bombs in public places. I did it just for fun and to feel relieved from stress.

But gradually, with a better understanding to graffiti, I started to try more possibilities on font itself as a starting point, and to make font or pattern as my creation language and every single theme has its own meaning on it.

Max017: My first piece was created in 2006 when I drew it on the school wall. One night I took my industrial spray paint to school and graffitied it secretly and carefully. Although it was quite ulgy but I would never forget how excting I was.

Max017: The atmosphere of subculture in my city hasn’t been good, like my colleagues, I’ve seen them come and go in this field for a long time. Graffiti has experienced a lag phase for about five years. During that time, there was neither a writer could be found in the city nor a new graffiti piece. But nowadays, many new writers are spewing out of the stage which makes a better atmosphere in graffiti field.

Max017: My crew name is Beacon Tower. Our crew members are from four different cities of ancient silk road in western China. Beacon tower was the oldest but the most efficient way to deliver messages in ancient China. So we hope that our members could gather together as the funtion of beacon tower to deliver the graffiti culture to more places.